Llano Estacado
“I reached some plains so vast, that I did not find their limit anywhere I went, although I traveled over them for more than 300 leagues…with no more land marks than if we had been swallowed by the sea…. (T)here was not a stone, nor bit of rising ground, nor a tree, nor a shrub, nor anything to go by.”
— Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, describing the Llano Estacado in a letter to the king of Spain, October 1541
Modern cities may have sprung up and highways may now criss-cross the area known as the Llano Estacado, but it is still 32,000 square miles of flat, featureless terrain, save for the occasional architecture of agriculture, ranching and oil. Llano Estacado is also the name of my new album. I call it Llano Estacado because that’s where the stories take place, although they could happen anywhere. But I used to live on the Llano Estacado, in Amarillo, so I knew these people and their stories.
I’m joined on the record by the talented Kevin Kadidlo of Hudson, Wisconsin. Kevin is an Americana powerhouse, and his guitar parts and vocals really elevated the songs. Recording engineer Kuba Lewandowski of Klue Sounds Limited did a great job making it sound like what I heard in my head.
The songs on Llano Estacado are a mix of tunes I’ve been performing for years, some recent ones and a couple of songs I wrote for the record. I’m indebted to Kuba and Kevin for making it an album I’m happy to share.
Llano Estacado
Modern cities may have sprung up and highways may now criss-cross the area known as the Llano Estacado, but it is still 32,000 square miles of flat, featureless terrain, save for the occasional architecture of agriculture, ranching and oil. Llano Estacado is also the name of my new album. I call it Llano Estacado because that’s where the stories take place, although they could happen anywhere. But I used to live on the Llano Estacado, in Amarillo, so I knew these people and their stories.
I’m joined on the record by the talented Kevin Kadidlo of Hudson, Wisconsin. Kevin is an Americana powerhouse, and his guitar parts and vocals really elevated the songs. Recording engineer Kuba Lewandowski of Klue Sounds Limited did a great job making it sound like what I heard in my head.
The songs on Llano Estacado are a mix of tunes I’ve been performing for years, some recent ones and a couple of songs I wrote for the record. I’m indebted to Kuba and Kevin for making it an album I’m happy to share.
Llano Estacado
Modern cities may have sprung up and highways may now criss-cross the area known as the Llano Estacado, but it is still 32,000 square miles of flat, featureless terrain, save for the occasional architecture of agriculture, ranching and oil. Llano Estacado is also the name of my new album. I call it Llano Estacado because that’s where the stories take place, although they could happen anywhere. But I used to live on the Llano Estacado, in Amarillo, so I knew these people and their stories.
I’m joined on the record by the talented Kevin Kadidlo of Hudson, Wisconsin. Kevin is an Americana powerhouse, and his guitar parts and vocals really elevated the songs. Recording engineer Kuba Lewandowski of Klue Sounds Limited did a great job making it sound like what I heard in my head.
The songs on Llano Estacado are a mix of tunes I’ve been performing for years, some recent ones and a couple of songs I wrote for the record. I’m indebted to Kuba and Kevin for making it an album I’m happy to share.